> Tweeters:
> Everyone who responded my question suggested a wildlife rehab person.
> It is times like these that we realize how "out-of-the-loop" we are in
> rural areas (though we have a population of 3,000 or so, we are 50 miles
> from the nearest Stop Light). Phone calls to all the wildlife officials
> in the area produced no help at all in locating rehab. I'm thinking the
> nearest one would be 90 miles -either Spokane or Wenatchee.
>
> The local office vet says he is not allowed to even touch a migratory
> bird. A couple of weeks ago, another friend of mine was driving in the
> country and saw a raptor just CRASH headfirst into the ground for no
> apparent reason. He picked the stunned bird up (he thought it was a
> kestrel, turned out to be a harrier) and took it to town to the vet.
> The vet wouldn't even look at it. He directed my friend to a local
> falconer, who did rehabilitate the bird and release it.
>
> BTW, the waxwing is hanging in there and I'm going over to gawk at it
> today.
> Kristi Streiffert
> Coulee Dam, WA

Since one has to be licensed to be a rehabilitator in every state *I* know
of, maybe calling the WA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife might get you info on a
local rehabilitator. Back in Virginia I knew of three or four of them we
would frequently take house finches and other birds to who our vets had no
knowledge of.

In the meantime, enjoy taking care of our little friend. It's experiences
like your where I look forward to my wife and I becoming licensed.

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